We Look Forward to Accepting DRS in the Future: Virat Kohli

The Test captain said that the Indian team has had discussions on the contentious Decision Review System.

Virat Kohli. (Photo: PTI)

India's Test captain Virat Kohli said the team has had discussions on the contentious Decision Review System (DRS) and looks forward to the technology's introduction during India’s matches in the future.

We have had discussions on this. Certainly we will look to introduce it in future. We won’t take decisions too hard because we, in the first place, decided that we will not use DRS.

Virat Kohli

The DRS debate has in the past found the BCCI on the opposite side of the cricketing world in general. This is because the richest cricket board in the world has stuck to its original stance that it will oppose the technology as it is not foolproof.

However, Board president Anurag Thakur had last month said they were willing to accept DRS without the use of Hawk Eye.

When asked about the recent dubious decisions that went against India in the absence of DRS, Kohli said:

Those things I can’t say yes or no (to) sitting here. We have discussed. We have had meetings about it. There are some areas that can be debated, especially the ball tracking and Hawk Eye. It can be discussed or debated upon. For us to say that umpires made an error and it’s going against us is not logical. There’s no room for excuses. Once it’s in place and up and running, then we can think of the grey areas.

Virat Kohli

In the Kanpur Test, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson went after a wide delivery from Ravindra Jadeja and managed a faint touch on it en route to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha. But the umpire did not hear the edge and remained unmoved.

(With inputs from PTI.)